Spreadsheet for college choices

guidedbywire
Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:06:12 +0000

BASICS - enrollment; acceptance % 2009; acceptance % 2010; yield % 2010; # of majors; student:faculty ratio; 2010-11 tuition; town population
RANKINGS - USNWR '11 Rank; USNWR A+ Schools for B Students; POPE CTCL; Kiplinger OOS value
NOTE - General take; Interesting fact; IRL alumnus;
ACADEMICS - Calendar; Strengths; Honors Programs
FINANCIAL - FA Summary; Offers Merit?; Average Merit; Need Methodology; Average Award; % Receiving Need-based aid; % Students with need fully met; average % discount from COA; Need-blind?; Full-need?; Loan-Free?; Average Total Indebtedness (10-11);
SPORTS - NCAA; club; area; school mascot
STUDENT LIFE - M:F ratio; % frat; % soro.; dorms
ADMISSIONS - application fee; EA deadline; RD deadline; common app?; CDS weighted components: Rigor, Rank, GPA, Scores, Essay, Recs; SAT Optional?; ACCEPTED STUDENTS STATS 25-75: SAT CR; SAT M; SAT W; ACT C; GPA

It’s pretty much way too big and unwieldy already, and my son’s only a rising sophomore. I think my next revision will be to split out undergrad enrollment and total enrollment.

It’s a Google Docs too.